User manual ALK PCMILER WORLDWIDE VERSION 20.1

[. . . ] Routing, Mileage, and Mapping Software PC*MILER |Worldwide ® Version 20. 1 User Guide ALK Technologies, Inc. Technology That Drives Transportation www. alk. com User Guide PC*MILER |Worldwide ® includes instructions for PC*MILER|HazMat Version 20. 1 ALK Technologies, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED You may print one (1) copy of this document for your personal use. Otherwise, no part of this document may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language, in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, or otherwise, without prior written permission from ALK Technologies, Inc. IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. [. . . ] 3. 2. 13 Using ISO Country Abbreviations Country abbreviations may be entered using either the FIPS 2-character, ISO 2character, or ISO 3-character format. If you wish to use ISO abbreviations, select Country Abbreviations in the Tools menu and check either ISO 2-Char or ISO 3-Char. An error message will appear if you try to enter a country abbreviation in a different format than the one selected in the Tools menu. 3. 3 Inserting and Deleting Stops Either choose Insert Stop from the Edit menu or press the <F7> key to insert a stop. The stop will be inserted above the one that is currently highlighted on the stop list. To delete a stop, highlight it on the list and choose Delete Stop from the Edit menu or press the <F8> key. To delete all stops from the active route entry window, choose Delete All Stops from the Edit menu or press <Alt> and <F8> simultaneously. 3. 4 Moving and Copying Stops Any stop in the route entry window can be moved to a new position on the list. Simply highlight it and, holding the Shift key down, use the up and down arrows on your keyboard. Click on the stop, hold down the left mouse button, and drag and drop the stop into another window. 3. 5 The Synonym Table When you enter a city name that contains an abbreviated word such as "Bch" for "Beach" or "St" for "Saint", the Synonym Table helps PC*MILER|Worldwide successfully locate the city you entered. If you try to enter a place name that contains such an abbreviation and receive an error message, try entering the name using a different abbreviation or spelling out the whole word. "E Saint Louis" is valid, whereas "E St Louis" is not. 46 PC*MILER|Worldwide User's Guide An excerpt from the Synonym Table is shown below. The table is contained in a file called "SYNONYM. TAB" in the PC*MILER|Worldwide data folder. BEACH/BCH/BCH. /BEAC/BEA/ BLUFFS/BLFS/BLF/BLUF/BLUFS/ CAMP/CP/CP. / CENTER/CTR/CTR. /CEN/CENT/ CITY/CY/CY. /CIT/CI/CTY/ EAST/E/E. /EST/EAS/ FALLS/FLS/FLS. /FALL/FAL/ FORT/FT/FT. /FRT/ SAINT/ST/STE/SAINTE/ST. /STE/ The syntax for each line is: <translated name>/<possible abbreviations of the translated name> For example, in the first line, "BEACH" is the translated name and "BCH/ BCH. / BEAC/ BEA" are the possible abbreviations. Note that there is one forward slash [/] separating each of the abbreviations. PC*MILER|Worldwide only uses the Synonym Table when an input city name is not found. For example, if you were to enter "ST LOUIS, CA", PC*MILER|Worldwide will make the translation to "SAINT" based on the Synonym Table. 3. 5. 1 Modifying the Synonym Table You can easily modify the Synonym Table to include more abbreviations, just add lines based on the guidelines below using any standard text editor (in Windows, Microsoft® Notepad or Microsoft® Wordpad work well). Additional lines must follow these guidelines: · · · Each line in the file can contain abbreviations for only one translated name. The first word in the line must be the translated name or a ZIP/postal code. All abbreviations for the translated name must be separated by a forward slash [/] following the translated name. The total length of each line must be less than 80 characters, and the total number of lines cannot exceed 2, 000. Each line must end in a forward slash. · · Chapter 3: Basic Routing 47 3. 6 Border Crossings (U. S. only) You can enter a state border crossing as a stop on a route using the PC*MILER|Worldwide border crossing naming convention. [. . . ] All the Access policies listed above hold true unless otherwise posted. Engineering surveys and other situations may find specific road segments unsuitable for STAA dimensioned vehicles. The PC*MILER database incorporates some of these exceptions, however, there are certainly other exceptions posted on the National Network. You may petition states for permission to travel beyond National Network and existing access routes. [. . . ]